Police use Taser to stop suicidal person
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On Friday at about 3:45 a.m., Reno Police Officers responded to the 1800 block of Bishop Street on a report of a suicidal person threatening to cut himself with a knife. The person was upset over a break-up with his girlfriend.

Upon the officers’ arrival, the man ran outside the house and started cutting himself with the knife and challenged officers to shoot him. Officers Del Vecchio and Boyd ordered the man to drop the knife. He refused and Officer Boyd used a Taser on the man, which caused him to drop the knife. The man was taken to the hospital for psychological evaluation.

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